WordPress is the most popular CMS in the world.
Today, you’ll find out how many websites use WordPress in 2026.
I’ll also cover some other WordPress statistics for October 2026.
Let’s dive right in.
Top WordPress Statistics 2026
- WordPress holds a 58.5% share of the content management system market.
- WordPress powers 39.7% of all websites currently on the internet.
- Yoast is the most popular SEO plugin with over 10 million installations.
- There are over 73,000 free plugins in the WordPress plugin directory.
- Over 4 million ecommerce websites are built using the WooCommerce plugin.
- 71% WordPress.com websites are written in English.
- WordPress.com accounts for 20 billion monthly page views
- More than 430 million people read WordPress.com sites every month.
- Around 70 million blog posts are being published on WordPress.com.
Sources: (W3Techs), (WordPress), (WooCommerce)
How Many Websites Use WordPress?
According to W3Techs, approximately 39.7% of all websites use WordPress.
WordPress CMS Market Share
People are often confused between WordPress CMS market share and overall website market share.
According to W3Techs:
- WordPress CMS (Content Management System) is the largest CMS platform with a market share of 58.5%.
- Shopify is the second-largest CMS platform with a market share of 7.8%.
- Wix CMS has a market share of 6.2%.
- Squarespace has a market share of 3.6%.
Here are all the major CMS platforms with their market share.
| CMS | Market Share |
| WordPress | 58.5% |
| None (Not using CMS) | 31.5% |
| Shopify | 7.8% |
| Wix | 6.2% |
| Squarespace | 3.6% |
| Joomla | 1.6% |
| Tilda | 1.2% |
| Webflow | 1.2% |
| Duda | 1.1% |
| Drupal | 0.9% |
| Adobe Systems | 0.9% |
| GoDaddy Website Builder | 0.9% |
| Google Sytems | 0.8% |
Source: W3Techs
There are other CMS platforms. Only a tiny percentage of websites are using those platforms.
Is WordPress Losing Market Share?
WordPress’s market share of all websites has dropped from its peak of about 43.6% in January 2025 to roughly 39.7% in October 2026.
But the CMS market share is 58.8%, and no competitor is even close.
Here’s a detailed breakdown of WordPress’s market share of all websites over the years.
| Market Share | Year |
| 39.7% | October 2026 |
| 43.6% | 2025 |
| 43.1% | 2024 |
| 43.1% | 2023 |
| 43.2% | 2022 |
| 39.5% | 2021 |
| 35.4% | 2020 |
| 32.7% | 2019 |
| 29.2% | 2018 |
| 27.3% | 2017 |
| 25.6% | 2016 |
| 23.3% | 2015 |
Source: W3Techs
The market share of WordPress has dropped. But WordPress still powers most of the websites globally.
WordPress Version Usage Statistics
71.16% of WordPress.org users are using WordPress version 6.9.
Here’s a detailed breakdown.
| Version | Usage |
| Version 7 | 62.7% |
| Version 6 | 30.2% |
| Version 5 | 4.8% |
| Version 4 | 2.0% |
| Version 3 | 0.2% |
How Many WordPress Plugins Are There?
More than 73,000 FREE plugins are available in the WordPress plugin directory. This doesn’t mean there are only 73,000 plugins.
This number doesn’t include premium plugins. There are approximately 1,500 premium plugins. (Wikipedia)
This brings the total of available WordPress plugins to 74,500.
With that said, here are the most popular WordPress plugins.
| Plugin | Installations |
| Elementor | 10+ million |
| Yoast SEO | 10+ million |
| Contact Form 7 | 10+ million |
| Classic Editor | 9+ million |
| WooCommerce | 7+ million |
| LiteSpeed Cache | 7+ million |
| Akismet Anti-spam | 6+ million |
| All-in-One WP Migration and Backup | 5+ million |
| Wordfence Security | 5+ million |
| WP Rocket | 5+ million |
| Rank Math SEO | 4+ million |
| WP Mail SMTP | 4+ million |
| Jetpack | 3+ million |
| All in One SEO | 3+ million |
| UpdraftPlus | 3+ million |
| WordPress Importer | 2+ million |
| WP-Optimize | 1+ million |
WordPress Theme Statistics
- The total number (Free + Paid) of WordPress themes is 30,000. (Colorlib)
- Over 15,000 free themes are listed on the WordPress directory. (WordPress)
Here are some popular WordPress themes:
| Theme | Installations |
| Twenty Twenty-Five | 1+ million |
| Astra | 1+ million |
| Hello Elementor | 1+ million |
| Divi | 974,872 |
| Twenty Twenty-Four | 600,000+ |
| GeneratePress | 500,000+ |
| Kadence | 500,000+ |
| OceanWP | 500,000+ |
| Blocksy | 300,000+ |
| Neve | 200,000+ |
WordPress SEO Statistics
If you’re doing SEO for your WordPress website, these stats can be helpful for you.
- The #1 result in Google’s SERP has an average CTR of 27.6%.
- As of 2024, the global market for SEO was valued at $89.1 billion.
- Around 92% of global traffic comes from Google.
- As of the first quarter of 2026, mobile devices accounted for 52.27% of global website traffic.
Sources: (SEO Statistics), (Semrush), (Statista)
WordPress.org vs WordPress.com
People often get confused between WordPress.org and WordPress.com.
Both WordPress.org and WordPress.com are powered by the same WordPress software.
WordPress.org is also known as self-hosted WordPress. Because if you use WordPress.org, you need a third-party host like Bluehost.
On the other hand, WordPress.com offers managed hosting and a domain.
WordPress.org receives 8.135 million visits per month. And WordPress.com receives 147 million monthly visits.
Here’s a detailed comparison.
| Feature | WordPress.org | WordPress.com |
| Hosting | You need to buy hosting from a hosting provider. | You’ll get managed hosting. WordPress will take care of everything. |
| Plugins | You can install any plugins from the WordPress plugin directory. You can upload a plugin as well. | You need to buy a paid plan to install plugins. |
| Security | It depends on your hosting provider. Your security can be compromised if you go with low-quality hosting. | Provides good security as it’s managed by WordPress.com itself. |
| Domain | You need a custom domain to use self-hosted WordPress. | If you want a custom domain, you need to go with a paid plan. The free plan doesn’t allow a custom domain. |
WooCommerce Statistics
- Around 31% of the top 1 million ecommerce sites are built on WooCommerce.
- WooCommerce has over 7 million installations.
Sources: (WooCommerce), (WordPress)
Who Owns WordPress
WordPress.org belongs to the WordPress Foundation.
WordPress and WooCommerce are owned by Automattic.
WordPress was founded by Matt Mullenweg along with Mike Little.
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